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Russia ramps up offensives on two fronts in Ukraine as both sides seek an advantage before fall

Russia ramps up offensives on two fronts in Ukraine as both sides seek an advantage before fall [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Elon Musk Responds to Trump’s ‘Back Home to South Africa’ Comments

Trump and Musk were close political allies but fell out over the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
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Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Venice Biennale representative after independent review into dumping

Artist says Creative Australia’s decision renews his confidence in integrity of body’s selection process

Creative Australia has reinstated artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s artistic team for the 2026 Venice Biennale, following an independent external review of the decision.

The pair had been dumped from the prestigious art exhibition earlier this year after Creative Australia’s board took the unprecedented decision to revoke their appointment.

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AP reporter describes scene as Trump visits Florida immigration detention center

AP reporter describes scene as Trump visits Florida immigration detention center
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Dr. Phil excoriates Ilhan Omar, calls her bashing of America ‘absolutely disgusting’

Dr. Phil blasted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made recently about the United States.
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Americans at July 4th celebrations warned of lone wolf terrorist threat

Security expert warns of heightened alert following Trump administration’s successful strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
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EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist

Stefan Scherer, boss of AMG Lithium, says Europe must become more self-sufficient in critical raw materials and new technologies

The EU may as well “apply to be a province of China” such is its inability to wean itself off that country’s supply of critical raw materials used in everything from electric vehicles to smartphones and wind turbines, a leading German industrialist has said.

As chief executive of AMG Lithium, the EU’s first factory to make the lithium hydroxide used in many car batteries, Stefan Scherer sits at the centre of what has been dubbed a new gold rush.

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‘Tiny melodies’: musician uses moths’ flight data to compose piece about their decline

Ellie Wilson’s piece titled Moth x Human assigns different sounds to the species on Parsonage Down in Salisbury

They are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the bright light of day as co-creators of a new piece of music – composed using the insects’ own flight data.

Ellie Wilson composed Moth x Human in a protected habitat on Parsonage Down in Salisbury, Wiltshire. She assigned each of the 80 resident moth species a different sound, which was triggered when it landed on her monitor.

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Even China’s top leadership has had enough of companies’ aggressive price-cutting

Beijing has pushed back against criticisms over China’s industry overcapacity and cheap exports but the price war is impacting its economy too.
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Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for 60-day ceasefire in Gaza

The US president urged Hamas to accept the deal.